When I send out announcements regarding films available with PPR, I am
well aware that some (not all)
of our titles are available at consumer prices and that many public
librarians (and Gary and Christine) will purchase the consumer
version, hence my language
regarding the PPR license. If you don't need PPR, my request is this:
please, if possible, buy the consumer version direct from us at:www.alivemindmedia.com
. When you
do so, our filmmakers generally receive close to 50% of the SRP. When
you purchase through Amazon or other online retail sites, however,
they get 50% from the wholesale price, minus the sub distribution fee
which accounts for another big chunk, almost 20%.
We would like to work with you to build your collections based on your
needs while also representing and protecting our filmmakers best
interests.

Our definition of PPR:

When you purchase any of our Alive Mind Education titles, whether you
are a public library, college, university, corporation or non profit
group, public performance rights are included. Public performance
rights allow educational and non profit groups to exhibit our films to
groups of 50 or fewer individuals where admission is not charged. The
term of the public performance license is for the life of the DVD.
However, if you intend to screen it to an admission paying audience of
over 50 and to publicly advertise it, then we ask that you contact us
regarding a public screening fee.

> We don't pay more for books. And yes, some journal subscriptions
> have an
> institutional price which frankly is discouraging to libraries with
> limited budgets. Most of those come through the aggregators now which
> provides online service, indexing, and remote access. Most of my $250
> and up videos have a limited audience.
> If I had to pay an institutional price for all media, I would have far
> far fewer titles on the shelves. I don't think that is good for
> anyone.
>
> Christine Crowley Godin
> Dean of Learning Resources
> Adjunct Faculty, Theatre
> Northwest Vista College
> 3535 N. Ellison Dr.
> San Antonio, TX 78251
> 210.486.4572 voice
> 210.486.4504 fax
> cgodin@alamo.edu (new email as of Aug. 1, 2009)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jo Ann
> Reynolds
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:12 PM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] The Daily Bitch
>
> I guess I wonder why libraries wouldn't pay more, the way we do with
> books and journal subscriptions. Our corporate mission, after all,
> is to
> facilitate access to lots of users, not just one as with the home
> market. Vendors know we'll be lending to multiple users although I
> doubt, for some of the material we purchase we are taking sales away
> from them.
>
> Jo Ann
>
> Jo Ann Reynolds
> Reserve Services Coordinator
> University of Connecticut
> Homer Babbidge Library
> Storrs, CT
> 860-486-1406
> jo_ann.reynolds@uconn.edu
>
> Question Reality
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of GODIN,
> CHRISTINE
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:06 PM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] The Daily Bitch
>
> Amen! We buy a lot of titles through distributors who don't sell to
> the
> home video market and those titles are possibly going to need PPR for
> us. For the most part, though, if I can get it at the home video price
> for basic classroom use, I will. And do.
>
> Christine Crowley Godin
> Dean of Learning Resources
> Adjunct Faculty, Theatre
> Northwest Vista College
> 3535 N. Ellison Dr.
> San Antonio, TX 78251
> 210.486.4572 voice
> 210.486.4504 fax
> cgodin@alamo.edu (new email as of Aug. 1, 2009)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of
> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:49 AM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [Videolib] The Daily Bitch
>
> Hi all (and particularly you distributors out there)
>
> I need to vent about an increasingly common practice which really
> frosts
> me:
> I continue to encounter cases in which a distributor will sell a
> work on
> amazon at home video prices and at the same time will sell the same
> work
> at institutional prices via the distributor's web site. In such
> cases--because I don't require performance rights--I'll ALWAYS buy the
> amazon copy. However, I've recently encountered cases where the
> vendor
> has gotten back to us and has refused to sell at the home video price.
> This is dishonest and sucky, to say the least. If the game plan is to
> strictly bifurcate the market (institutional/home), distributors
> should
> NOT be putting their stuff out in the home video market via home video
> venues like amazon. The practice is confusing, a bit seedy, and
> time-wasting.
>
> OK...there...
>
> Gary Handman
>
>
>
>
> Gary Handman
> Director
> Media Resources Center
> Moffitt Library
> UC Berkeley
>
> 510-643-8566
> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC>
> "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself."
> --Francois Truffaut
>
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation,
> acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats
> in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will
> serve
> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a
> channel
> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation,
> acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats
> in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will
> serve
> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a
> channel
> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation,
> acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats
> in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will
> serve
> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a
> channel
> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation,
> acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current
> and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It
> is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for
> video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between
> libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
> distributors.
>

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Received on Thu Oct 29 10:49:47 2009